An open exercise for physics students: a neutrino-less double beta decay search using mock data inspired by the NEXT experiment.
Students form collaborations, analyse simulated detector data, estimate backgrounds, search for a signal, and present their results — following the workflow of a real particle physics experiment.
- Exercise notebooks — guided analysis from selection cuts to signal hypothesis testing.
- Reference material — crib sheets for pandas/plotting and fitting tools.
- Course guides — dynamics, deliverables, and evaluation criteria.
Entry point: notebooks/fanal.ipynb
Jose Angel Hernando Morata — jose.hernando@usc.es
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Course material edited and extended with the assistance of Claude (Anthropic).